[jgsmuzzy]

Me again.....sorry.

Does anyone know the name of the large shrubby fuschia that grows at a prodigious rate?  Mine got dug out by accident when we cleared the garden, and I want another.  The flowers are pink and deep purple.

Thanks

James

[muntjac]

now ya talking fuchias i may be able to help .it could be jack shahan, more likly to be tom thumb , or gruss aus dem bodenthal i have over 60 fuchias lol

[richyrich7]

Hi James
You don't have a piccy do ya as there's about 7000 known varieties of fushia    :o  you might want to do a google image serch and try to match it up from there.

[jgsmuzzy]

having looked about, the closest I can find is Fuchsia magellanica

[muntjac]

http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/plants/plant_finder/plant_pages/3186.shtml
maggy a closer look

[jgsmuzzy]

that's definately it.  But the spread seems too small, at my old house, the plant covered about 4mx4mx4m!

[muntjac]

just because tey say its a small bushy type means nowt if the ground is rich mate ..my tom thumb is a small variety  but its gonna be a  jungle if let loose

[Eristic]

You will probably have it come back from deep roots. These tend to re-grow naturally from bits of root and in practice are quite difficult to remove.